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SC asks Centre to publicise information on pollution

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New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre that efforts to prevent air pollution, including from stubble-burning, cannot be limited to National Capital Region (NCR) and asked it to publicise information on the issue.

A Division Bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta asked the Centre to disseminate information on a high-level task force’s report so that people can be made aware that something is being done to prevent stubble-burning in states like Punjab and Haryana.

Amicus curiae lawyer Aparajita Singh, referring to court-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority’s (EPCA) recommendations to the Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF), said the EPCA had suggested the involvement of local bodies in preventing stubble-burning and use of satellite imagery to monitor it.

She said the system to manage crop straw should be advertised and include details about its impact on public health, including farmers and their children.

On November 23, 2016, a task force — comprising experts and senior officials of various departments — for the management of air pollution in NCR, which includes Delhi, was constituted by the Cabinet Secretariat.

The court was hearing a plea filed on the issue of severe air pollution in NCR-Delhi, including large-scale stubble-burning in neighbouring Haryana and Punjab.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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